Adversity
Trial and affliction permitted by God for growth, refinement, and spiritual learning.
Also known as: Affliction · Challenge · Difficulty · Hardship · Misfortune · Obstacles
659 documents · 10 libraries · 1971–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 57 documents in 2023
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- General Conference309 documents
- Liahona Articles168 documents
- BYU Speeches124 documents
- Religious Educator22 documents
- Scripture Central14 documents
- BYU Studies8 documents
- Hymns7 documents
- Interpreter5 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document
Latest
General Conference
Comfort from the Holy Ghost (opens in a new tab)
Matthew J. Eyring · Oct 2026
General Conference
“Fear Not, I Am with Thee” (opens in a new tab)
Henry B. Eyring · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
How the Temple Helped Me See Christ in My Battle with Cancer (opens in a new tab)
Afu Fiefia · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
In the Potter’s Hands (opens in a new tab)
Sidney Elizabeth Peralta · Oct 2026
General Conference
Jesus Christ Is the Great Deliverer! (opens in a new tab)
Kevin J. Hathaway · Oct 2026
Liahona Articles
My Trials Led to Trust (opens in a new tab)
Thalita Carvalho, Sao Paulo, Brazil · Oct 2026
BYU Speeches
To Those Enduring Trials with No End (opens in a new tab)
Jeffrey S Bednar · Jul 2026
BYU Speeches
“That the Works of God Should Be Made Manifest” (opens in a new tab)
Jennifer Brooks · Jun 2026
BYU Speeches
Jesus Christ Is Our Rock and Covenants Are Our Anchors (opens in a new tab)
Edward B. Rowe · Nov 2025
Scripture Central
Why Were the Latter-day Saints Driven Out of Jackson County, Missouri? (opens in a new tab)
Sep 2025
Earliest
General Conference
A Time of Testing (opens in a new tab)
Henry D. Taylor · Oct 1971
Most frequent voices
- Neal A. Maxwell18 documents
- Henry B. Eyring16 documents
- Thomas S. Monson13 documents
- Robert D. Hales12 documents
- Neil L. Andersen11 documents
- Dallin H. Oaks9 documents
- Name withheld9 documents
- D. Todd Christofferson8 documents
- James E. Faust8 documents
- Jeffrey R. Holland8 documents
- Joseph B. Wirthlin8 documents
- Marvin J. Ashton8 documents
People with the most documents on this topic.
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